Writing and drawing book



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W.- B. LAMSON.

WRITING AND DRAWINGBOOK.

Patented Apr. 6, 1886.

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NED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VARREN H. LAMSON, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

WRITING AND DRAWING BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 339,196I dated April 6, 1886.

Application filed February li?, 1884. Serial No. 120,475.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WARREN H. LAMsoN, of Lynn, in the county of Essex and Oommonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Drawing and Vriting Books, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

My invention consists in the particulars hereinafter fully described and specifically claimed.

Figure l of the accompanying drawings is aplan of my improved wrapper. Fig. 2 is a like view with the book represented as in place, and Fig. 3 shows a method of folding.

To construct the wrapper, first select a sheet of paper or other suitable material,hav ing due regard always to the size of the book which it is intended to cover, and after cutting the notches c a, fold the whole into six folds or leaves. Said leaves are designated in Fig. l by the numbers l, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, respectively, while the letters c, f, g, Il, and t' respectively designate the folding-lines.

The sheets which compose the writing or drawing book proper are combined with the wrapper, as fully illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The connection may be effected by sewing through the book and wrapper; or the book may be sewed separately and the wrapper connected therewith afterward,either permanently or temporarily.

In constructing the notches c it will be found neater to remove a small piece of the material, though a simple slit would sufce in many cases, especially if the book to be inclosed is very thin.

A wrapper constructed in the manner described will permit of being folded so as to bring the inside of every leaf and the outside of every leaf, except the two back ones, 2 and 5, adjacent to some leaf in the inclosed book, and therefore both sides of the wrapper may to this extent be utilized as copy sheets, and by printing the same specimens on either side of two diagonally,- opposite leaves it will be possible to bring such copy adjacent to both sides of every leaf in the inclosed book; but I prefer to have a distinct copy on each page of the wrapper,and,in

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fact, I find it useful to go further even than this in many cases, and put several specimens on one page, as this gives great variety.

Vhen in use, the book is preferably folded as represented in Fig. 3,0r in some manner to bring the specimen selected for reproduction adjacent to and above the sheet to be operated on,while the other folds of the wrapper fully conceal and protect the remaining portions of the book.

\Vith a wrapper constructed in the manner described I obtain a simple and inexpensive yet complete cover and protection to the inclosed writing and drawing book. I also dispense with the usual copylines in the ordinary writing-books and the specimen-pages in the ordinary drawing-books,thus effecting a considerable saving of paper, and by properly grading the specimens printed on the various leaves of the wrapper I am enabled to use the same book for different pers0ns,as any one of the specimens may be selected for use that best suits the needs and requirements of the pupil.

lt will be observed that the advantages of a separate copy-sheet may be obtained to some extent by folding the wrapper as in Fig. 3, where it will be observed that one copy-sheet may be used at a single time, and such sheet is positioned adjacent to and above the page in the book to which the copy is to be transferred or reproduced. The other folds of the wrapper are in the meantime folded about the book, as represented in Fig. 3.

I claim* A wrapper or cover for Writing and drawing books, having folds 2 5,and laps, substantially as described, said laps being provided with specimens of writing or drawing, with similar specimens on the two diagonally-opposite laps, and the whole adapted to be folded about and positioned relatively to the pages of the inclosed book, substantially as and for the purposes stated.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in presence of two witnesses.

W. H. LAMSON.

Witnesses:

D. A. SANBORN, C. B. TUTTLE. 

